kind of scary...peaked the pack at 6A on T35 it sat for about and hour after i peaked it then i went out to run it and the car felt a little sluggish...a few laps in and POW...sounded like somone shot a gun off in the track....picked up the car and found the pacl blown out one side....

WTF.......this was only the second run on this pack too...anyone else have this happen????

kind of scary...peaked the pack at 6A on T35 it sat for about and hour after i peaked it then i went out to run it and the car felt a little sluggish...a few laps in and POW...sounded like somone shot a gun off in the track....picked up the car and found the pacl blown out one side....

WTF.......this was only the second run on this pack too...anyone else have this happen????

Generally a battery shorted on the chassis will not cause them to blow up...It melts everything and can catch on fire. The short does not cause pressure to build up in the cell's...it shorts the energy out into heat into the chassis and such and will unsolder itself.

the pack was brand new only its second run so i Emailed the Matcher and will see what there response is....only thing is now i am scared to run any f my packs...i really dont want any more of this crap happening....

Good job guys, the all important "voltage wars" have made Nimh batteries more dangerous than lipos. just when we were told those exploding 4200's were defective, the new cells start doing the same thing. I dont think its defects, its the chemistry itself reaching its limits. I dont think we'll ever see anything above 5000 TRUE mah in a sub-c cell. Nimh is at its limit, and the consequences are making something more dangerous than Lipo! all for a little extra voltage...

Batteries have always been an issue but now we are faced with the damage that they may cause to people and the equipment. The damage to the equipment that must be replaced when damaged or you just cant run. I am not sure but I personally have had no problems with LIPO cells in over 4 years and have had more problems with NIMH.

It may be the production of the batches, or possibly the charging process of that already damaged or bad cell. The money lost and the safety issues should be our main goals. SAFETY being the first and foremost issue over all. I am about to move on to IB4600's then I come on and read this thread and this again makes me think of my next move.

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Powered By: vBulletin v3.9.2.1